contingency approach

Contingency approach seeks to analyze a problem, and then
develop the best managerial or organizational solution to it.

Buchanan & Huczynski, Organizational Behaviour (1997)

The idea of contingency approach is above all a reaction to
the One Best Way approach of Taylorism. Essentially, this way
of thinking holds that the appropriate solution depends on, ie.
is contingent on the circumstances of the problem at the time.
There are two main lines of thought within the contigency approach school:

James Thompson and the idea of interdependence, which states
that the structure is dictated by task dependencies and the communication
required between them -- hospitals requires intensive communication between
employees while bank branches do not